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Civic Leadership - Workshop Calendar
Wednesday, November 18th - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Changing Your Community Through Grassroots Mobilization
This introductory workshop teaches how to identify issues, community needs, and decision-making opportunities around which residents can organize. explore tools to assist with relationship-building and communication techniques, and determining concrete next steps for sustained action.
Topics include:
1. Identify opportunities for civic engagement between elections.
2. Apply practical grassroots mobilization strategies to move community members from participation to leadership.
3. Develop a simple grassroots mobilization plan for their community.
This workshop is open to all adults; with an emphasis on individuals -- local residents, professionals, and community advocates interested in making a difference.
Wednesday, December 2nd - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Partnerships: Bringing Others to the Table
You Can't Do It Alone...Effective civic leaders and organizers share similar characteristics and traits that allow them to inspire and mobilize others towards definitive actions to improve their community.
This workshop discusses how to motivate allies to join your efforts and take an active role in the planning and implementation of local actions and interventions.
Topics include:
- What are the Types of Community Partnerships?
- Why Don't Partnerships Work Without an Anchor?
- What are the 12 Community Sectors?
- What is the "Urban Dilemma"?
- How Do I Convince Other to Join the Cause?
- What Strategies (Actions) Always Lead to Change?
This workshop is open to all adults; with an emphasis on individuals -- local residents, professionals, and community advocates interested in making a difference.
Wednesday, January 20th - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Bureaucracy Busters: AI, Paperwork, and the Challenge of Preserving SNAP and Medicaid
An estimated 25,000 to 30,000 New Yorkers no longer receive benefits stemming from changes to the federal guidelines affecting the Supplemental Nutrition Access Program ("SNAP"); and a projected 900,000 people are at risk of losing their health insurance coverage as a result of the changes to Medicaid eligibility beginning in January 2027.
This presentation, facilitated by Beneficial Computing will explore why accessing public benefits is so complicated, from means testing and the burden of proof to H.R. 1's expanded SNAP + Medicaid work requirements and the challenges of documenting work, particularly for gig workers and people with irregular schedules.
Topics will include: the role of AI, including the risks of relying on models drawing from outdated or unreliable sources rather than actual policy, and demonstrate online tools such as SNAPhelp.nyc and other resources to assist with helping people obtain support.